On July 8, 2022, Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the Healthcare Workers Minimum Wage Ordinance. The ordinance imposes on covered employers a minimum wage of $25.00 for qualifying healthcare workers who work in the City of Los Angeles.
Who is Covered: The ordinance applies to an employer who employs or exercises control over healthcare workers within the City of Los Angeles.
An “employer” is any person, such as an individual, corporation, partnership, LP, LLP, LLC, business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, agency, instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity, whether domestic or foreign, including a corporate officer or executive who directly or indirectly or through any other person (i.e., through a temporary service, staffing agency) employs or exercises control over the wages, hours, or working conditions of any employee.
To qualify as a healthcare worker covered by the ordinance, the individual must: (1) be employed to work at or by a covered healthcare facility (as defined in the ordinance); and (2) provide patient care, healthcare services, or services supporting the provision of healthcare. Under the first prong, a healthcare worker is employed to work at a covered healthcare facility only if that individual’s primary work assignment is physically located at one or more such facilities. By way of example, the ordinance notes that delivery workers primarily outside a covered healthcare facility would not be healthcare workers unless they are...
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